Report a planning breach and Enforcement Register

A breach of planning control is not a criminal offence. The purpose of planning enforcement is to resolve the problem rather than to punish the mistake. The council is not required to take any particular action on a specific breach of planning control, and may decide that no action is necessary.

Where a development has been carried out without the necessary planning consent the council will investigate to see if breaches have taken place. Where conditions attached to a planning consent have not been complied with, the council will seek to enforce those conditions.